Regina Dominican High School is a small (500 student) all-girls Catholic high school

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 in Wilmette

Wilmette, Illinois

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, Illinois

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, USA

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. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago

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, it was founded in 1958 and is sponsored by the Adrian Dominican Sisters

Adrian Dominican Sisters

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. Regina Dominican has a 12:1 pupil to teacher ratio.

Student life

All the seniors have their class pictures taken with black sweaters/tops and pearls on. Since RDHS is an all-girls school, there is no homecoming. Instead, they celebrate "gnimocemoH" , a week of school spirit, dress-up days, the crowning of the gnimocemoH Queen, and the student-faculty football game.